Families sue U.S. government over Caribbean boat strike that killed Trinidad fishermen
Civil rights lawyers filed the first federal lawsuit seeking accountability for a U.S. airstrike in the Caribbean that killed two Trinidad men, Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, and four others. The suit, filed in Massachusetts under admiralty law and invoking the Alien Tort Act and Death on the High Seas Act, argues the killings were illegal and premeditated, while the government maintains the strikes are lawful under wartime authorities. The families, represented by the ACLU, Seton Hall Law, and the Center for Constitutional Rights, note a broader campaign with a death toll around 117 across multiple boat strikes.
